ART ATTAK: ATTAK ON THE MEDIA
Artists converge on Sorg opera house with 'Art Attak'
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By Eric Robinette
Staff Writer
Friday, August 10, 2007
Artwork invades the Sorg Opera House Saturday as the venue comes under "attack" from 90 different artists, presenting everything from a play to movies to paintings.
The show is called "Art Attak," which will display its work only from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday.
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The show is the brainchild of Franklin resident Justin Casiedy, who has helped place a range of artwork throughout the Sorg Opera House and the Commercial Building, the larger structure that houses Sorg.
When a viewer walks in to the Opera House, they'll see artwork hanging in the halls that lead to the theater, and on the walls that lead upstairs. Much of the work is off the beaten path, with one piece made entirely out of garbage, including bottle caps and the like.
The Dayton-based theater group Zoot Productions, which helped Rising Phoenix Theatre Company stage "A Christmas Carol" last year, will present its play "The Last Days of Edgar Allan Poe," about the writer known for such eerie poetry as "The Raven" and eerie prose like "The Fall of the House of Usher."
That play, along with several short films, will be presented on the main stage. On the Fourth Floor ballroom, experimental audio art will play.
Casiedy modeled "Art Attak" on a similar show he saw some years ago in Dayton. He originally wanted to hold it at the Fisherman's Club in Trenton, but as the scope of the project grew, a larger venue was needed. More than anything else, he wants to inspire area youth to become involved in something like this show and see the good that can come as a result.
"My biggest point was to get youth to abandon apathy, because they can be really apathetic about doing anything. This (show) is what's happening now, and this is what the youth community is doing," he said.
how to go
WHAT: "Art Attak"
WHERE: Sorg Opera House, 57 S. Main St., Middletown
WHEN: 3 to 10 p.m. Sat., Aug. 11
COST: Free
http://www.middletownjournal.com/search/content/oh/story/entertainment/go/2007/08/10/go081007artattak.html
Click-2-Listen
By Eric Robinette
Staff Writer
Friday, August 10, 2007
Artwork invades the Sorg Opera House Saturday as the venue comes under "attack" from 90 different artists, presenting everything from a play to movies to paintings.
The show is called "Art Attak," which will display its work only from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday.
Extras
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Lebanon to be bowled over
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Ohio 63 east of Ohio 741 has reopened
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The show is the brainchild of Franklin resident Justin Casiedy, who has helped place a range of artwork throughout the Sorg Opera House and the Commercial Building, the larger structure that houses Sorg.
When a viewer walks in to the Opera House, they'll see artwork hanging in the halls that lead to the theater, and on the walls that lead upstairs. Much of the work is off the beaten path, with one piece made entirely out of garbage, including bottle caps and the like.
The Dayton-based theater group Zoot Productions, which helped Rising Phoenix Theatre Company stage "A Christmas Carol" last year, will present its play "The Last Days of Edgar Allan Poe," about the writer known for such eerie poetry as "The Raven" and eerie prose like "The Fall of the House of Usher."
That play, along with several short films, will be presented on the main stage. On the Fourth Floor ballroom, experimental audio art will play.
Casiedy modeled "Art Attak" on a similar show he saw some years ago in Dayton. He originally wanted to hold it at the Fisherman's Club in Trenton, but as the scope of the project grew, a larger venue was needed. More than anything else, he wants to inspire area youth to become involved in something like this show and see the good that can come as a result.
"My biggest point was to get youth to abandon apathy, because they can be really apathetic about doing anything. This (show) is what's happening now, and this is what the youth community is doing," he said.
how to go
WHAT: "Art Attak"
WHERE: Sorg Opera House, 57 S. Main St., Middletown
WHEN: 3 to 10 p.m. Sat., Aug. 11
COST: Free
http://www.middletownjournal.com/search/content/oh/story/entertainment/go/2007/08/10/go081007artattak.html